ROW ON THE LAKE. 
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which three men, who went upon Tongue Mountain, on Lake 
George, for the purpose of hunting rattlesnakes, destroyed in 
two days eleven hundred and four of these venomous creatures ! 
They are taken for their fat, which is sold at a good price. 
We found this afternoon a very pretty little butterfly, pink and 
yellow ; it seemed to be quite young, and scarcely in full posses- 
sion of its powers yet ; we thought it a pity to interfere with its 
happy career, but just begun, and left it unharmed as we found it. 
" Thus the fresh clarion, being readie dight, 
Unto his journey did himself addresse, 
And with good speed began to take his flight 
Over the fields in his frank lustinesse ; 
And all the champaine o'er he soared light, 
And all the country wide he did possesse ; 
Feeding upon his pleasures bounteouslie, 
That none gainsaid, nor none did him envie." 
Monday, 2Sth. — Cloudy day. Pleasant row on the lake. The 
country, as seen from the water, looked charmingly, decked in 
the flowery trophies of May. Many of the fruit-trees are still 
in blossom in the orchards and gardens, while the wild cherries 
and plums were drooping over the water in many spots. The 
evening Avas perfectly still, not a breath to ruffle the lake, and 
the soft spring character of the hills and fields, bright with their 
young verdure, had stolen over the waters. Swallows were skim- 
ming about busily. We met several boats ; one of them, filled 
with little girls in their colored sun-bonnets, and rowed by an 
elder boy, looked gayly as it passed. We landed and gathered 
